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Why did Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 break into at least twenty-one fragments before it struck Jupiter?
Asteroids, Comets, and Small Bodies
Condensed Matter Physics
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Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 impacts Jupiter
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